Today, May. 9, 2008
No committee meetings scheduled
Tuesday, May. 13, 2008
10 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal
year 2009 for the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA),
in SR-253.
10 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources,
To hold hearings to examine the impacts of
climate change on the reliability, security,
economics, and design of critical energy
infrastructure in coastal regions,
in SD-366.
examine proposed legislation
on mercury.
SD-406
10 a.m.
Finance
To hold hearings to examine cracking the code,
focusing on tax reform for individuals.
SD-215
10 a.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership program, focusing on protecting our
nation's law enforcement officers.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the
successes and shortfalls of Title IV of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act, focusing on twenty years of
self-governance.
SD-562
2:30 p.m.
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain
intelligence matters.
SH-219
Wednesday, May. 14, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the United
States National Guard and Reserve.
SD-192
9:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine responding to the
global food crisis.
SD-419
10 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine plastic additives in
consumer products.
SR-253
10 a.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of
Paul A. Schneider, of Maryland, to be Deputy
Secretary of Homeland Security.
SD-342
10:30 a.m.
Aging
To hold hearings to examine the future of
Alzheimer's disease, focusing on current
breakthroughs and challenges.
SD-106
2:30 p.m.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Children and Families Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine addressing the
challenge of children with food allergies.
SD-430
3 p.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the
National Archives, focusing on protecting our
nation’s history for future generations.
SD-342
3 p.m.
Appropriations
Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Federal
Trade Commission.
SD-192
Thursday, May. 15, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Armed Services
Business meeting to consider pending military
nominations.
SR-222
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S.1080, to develop a
program to acquire interests in land from
eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation
in the State of Montana, H.R.2120, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as
reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land
now held in trust by the United States for that
Indian tribe, S.2494, to provide for equitable
compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of
the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal
land for the production of hydropower by the
Grand Coulee Dam, H.R.2963, to transfer certain
land in Riverside County, California, andSan
Diego County, California, from the Bureau of Land
Management to the United States to be held in
trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians, and S.531, to repeal section 10(f) of
Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the
"Bennett Freeze".
SD-562
10 a.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the condition of our
nation's infrastructure, focusing on perspectives
from our nation's mayors.
SD-538
10 a.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine nuclear terrorism,
focusing on providing medical care and meeting
basic needs in an aftermath.
SD-342
2 p.m.
Appropriations
Business meeting to markup the Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Bill for fiscal year
2008.
SD-106
2 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine United States-China
relations in the era of globalization.
SD-419
2 p.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the organizational
structures of the State Department responsible
for arms control, counterproliferation, and
nonproliferation, focusing on the processes they
have in place for optimizing national efforts,
and how responsive those structures and processes
are to the Executive Branch's nonproliferation
and counterproliferation polices.
SD-342
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine development of oil
shale resources.
SD-366
2:30 p.m.
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain
intelligence matters.
SH-219
3:30 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine S.2913, to provide a
limitation on judicial remedies in copyright
infringement cases involving orphan works,
S.2511, to amend the grant program for law
enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver
of or reduction in the matching funds requirement
in the case of fiscal hardship, S.2565, to
establish an awards mechanism to honor
exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty
by Federal law enforcement officers, H.R.4056, to
establish an awards mechanism to honor Federal
law enforcement officers injured in the line of
duty, S.2774, to provide for the appointment of
additional Federal circuit and district judges,
S.1738, to establish a Special Counsel for Child
Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within
the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to
improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task
Force, to increase resources for regional
computer forensic labs, and to make other
improvements to increase the ability of law
enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute
predators, S.2756, to amend the National Child
Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent
background check system, S.1515, to establish a
domestic violence volunteer attorney network to
represent domestic violence victims, S.2942, to
authorize funding for the National Advocacy
Center, S.2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and the
nomination of G. Steven Agee, of Virginia, to be
United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth
Circuit.
SD-226
Tuesday, May. 20, 2008
10 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the Territorial
Energy Assessment as updated pursuant to the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58).
SD-366
Wednesday, May. 21, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine pending health care
legislation.
SR-418
10 a.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the skyrocketing
price of oil.
SD-226
Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the acquisition of
major weapons systems by the Department of
Defense.
SD-106
Thursday, Jun. 5, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine off-highway vehicle
management on public lands.
SD-366
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